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Rackwick, Hoy[3]
The Home Fleet in Scapa Flow[7]
Loch of Kirbuster, in Orphir[9]
Berry Head, Hoy[12]
The Great Auk[18]
Crannie in which last Great Auk lived[19]
The Old Man of Hoy[27]
Old Melsetter House, in Walls[32]
Harvesting at Stenness[38]
Orkney Yawl Boats[40]
Kirkwall[46]
St Magnus’s Cathedral, Kirkwall, from South-East[51]
Tankerness House and St Magnus’s Cathedral[54]
Ground Plan of Broch of Lingrow, near Kirkwall[60]
Stone Circle of Stenness[62]
Maeshowe, Section and Ground Plan[63]
Incised Dragon, from Maeshowe[66]
Norse Brooch, found in Sandwick[67]
Silver Ornaments, found in Sandwick[67]
St Magnus’s Cathedral, view from N. Transept looking towards Choir[69]
St Magnus’s Church, Egilsay[71]
Ground Plan of St Magnus’s Cathedral, Kirkwall[72]
Apse of ancient Round Church, in Orphir[73]
Noltland Castle, Westray (15th century)[75]
The Staircase, Noltland Castle[76]
The Earl’s Palace at Kirkwall (c. A.D. 1600)[78]
Town Hall, Kirkwall[80]
Balfour Castle, Shapinsay[81]
Tankerness House, Kirkwall[82]
John Rae[88]
David Vedder[89]
Sir Robert Strange, the Engraver[92]
Malcolm Laing[94]
Stromness, Orkney, about the year 1825[97]

MAPS

Orographical Maps of Orkney and Shetland[Front Cover]
Geological Maps of Orkney and Shetland[Back Cover]

The illustrations on pp. [3], [7], [9], [12], [27], [38], [46], [54], [62], [80], [81] are reproduced from photographs by Mr T. Kent, Kirkwall; that on p. [32] from a photograph by the Author; that on p. [40] by permission of Messrs J. Spence & Son, St Margaret’s Hope; those on pp. [60] and [72] are from Tudor’s Orkney and Shetland, by permission of Edward Stanford, Ltd., that on p. [69] by kind permission of Messrs William Peace & Son, Kirkwall; that on p. [71] from a photograph by Valentine & Sons, Ltd., that on p. [82] by kind permission of Dr Thomas Ross; and that on p. [88] by arrangement with Elliott & Fry, Ltd.

CONTENTS

SHETLAND

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1.County and Shire. Name and Administration of Shetland[103]
2.General Characteristics[104]
3.Size. Position. Boundaries[106]
4.Surface and General Features[107]
5.Geology and Soil[109]
6.Natural History[111]
7.Round the Coast—(a) Along the East from
Fair Isle to Unst		[116]
8.Round the Coast—(b) Along the West from
Fethaland to Fitful Head		[124]
9.Climate[127]
10.People—Race, Language, Population[133]
11.Agriculture and other Industries[134]
12.Fishing[139]
13.Shipping and Trade[143]
14.History[145]
15.Antiquities[147]
16.Architecture[153]
17.Communications[156]
18. Roll of Honour[157]
19.The Chief Towns and Villages of Shetland[161]